I am not sure what relevance that provides; she is still in a dependent state regardless of whether she entered as a minor or adult. It’s still the kind of rape you would classify as that of a helpless child, incapacitated elder, or developmentally disabled adult of any age. The “vulnerable adult” terminology puts…

Am I shocked? No, the only shocking thing is the part where the author references his supposed current wealth and says “we’ll just have to take his word for it.” Will we? Because every time you poke at the facade, it crumbles and falls apart, spilling out packing peanuts and shredded paper. It’s ALL fake. I don’t…

Now I have a bunch of 3D movies and no place to replace the $400 3D TV I bought a few years ago. I had to replace it in 2015 after a burglary, and it was work enough convincing my insurance I needed a little extra for the cheapest 3D model, at $650, with the next one in the 2K range. If something happens to this TV,…

It’s so tedious after a while. I wish they would pump out collectible editions of another game I enjoy more, like Life or Clue. I own multiple Monopoly editions I just don’t care to play.

No, the price of a single admission is statistically negligible in this equation. All of the value is in the pre-release press for the film.

Now it’s 1997 and I’m back reading The Slightly Warped Website’s crossover parodies.

You must not be paying attention. Things are definitely moving in the opposite direction. Just this week, Orange 45 signed one of those pro-theocracy executive orders the Pence base love so much.

Actually, Germany is very rigorous in its history education. They never, ever want to see the rise of that sort of movement again, and so everyone learns about what happened and how horrific it was. I would argue that America could follow this example, as large parts of the country love to whitewash the terrible…

I wonder what kind of country we would have had if back at the start of the civil war, we had just let those states secede. Now it’s the other way around, and the blue states make most of the money, so there is no escaping them. But I have imagined a future where they are separate, with a refugee program for those…

It’s interesting to see how clearly you can tell when it isn’t Donny himself generating the tweet. Can you imagine if he could manage a message like that?

Here in America, we have celebrity culture, as well as athletics and reality TV, in lieu of the monarchy. There are arguments for abolishing the monarchy, but since they do not hold any real political power, I think you can also make a sincere argument that it provides a beloved (by some) shared cultural narrative. …

Everyone is saying wine/she was toasted, but in my years of regular heavy drinking (which I have thankfully outgrown and can’t get past 1 these days), erratic facial contortion was never a symptom of intoxication for either my companions or me. Slack and glazed, maybe, or overly expressive, but not what she was doing.

Pretty sure that’s one of Cersei’s kids.

Please don’t ruin Procol Harum for me.

Do you mean the Nightly Show? The Daily Show is still going strong with Trever at the helm.

I feel like the violence thing isn’t that hard to prove. I know that I had to do a lot of determined lying to hide the violence even when the ER staff obviously didn’t believe me.

I know what you mean by forced. I’ve had to turn off NPR hen they were airing his speeches. I tried for a while, but they made me sick.

Lemmings. I find it entertaining and relaxing, particularly if I’m listening to NPR or podcasts in the background. And all these years later, there are some high-level puzzles I’ve not solved, nor will I look up those very old solutions until I’m 65 or so. I figure I should get ‘em by then.

The physical store has electronic shelf labels with title, synopsis, etc, and no listed price. You have to use the Amazon app plus barcode scanner to see it, which was actually the worst part about shopping there.

Not really, because the larger your business and market share, the lower your costs to operate (in terms of percentage). By killing off the competition and creating a monopoly, they can take advantage of having greater profits with a lower price point. It’s kind of like how Wal-Marts put all the mom-and-pop stores out…